After their usual instructional period on Monday, Wallace called for the equipment assistant to fetch two Pistons practice jerseys – it was time for the matchup Drummond requested, the rookie guards enlisted to make it interesting. Drummond showed off a jump hook with either hand rarely in evidence during his rookie season, shot jump shots within his range with no hesitation and hung in there with all the mental warfare Wallace managed to throw at him.

Another nice one from the DetNews. I'm not a regular reader of Pistons only sites like Detriot Bad Boys, but I haven't heard one thing about Monroe being around this summer.

New addition Josh Smith was in attendance, along with the three selections from this past June’s draft, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Tony Mitchell and Peyton Siva.

Incumbent guard Rodney Stuckey went through one-on-one drills with Caldwell-Pope and Siva, as Kyle Singler worked on his spot shooting with assistant coach John Loyer on the other end of the floor.

But the man who’s been organizing and trying to galvanize the team with summer activities is the Pistons’ youngest member, and perhaps the most important: 20-year-old, second-year center Andre Drummond.

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Working with Rasheed Wallace, now a member of the Pistons’ coaching staff, isn’t exactly a consolation prize, though. Wallace has a wealth of knowledge to pass on and Drummond is taking heed.

“He’s helped a lot with my back to the basket now, just getting comfortable with it,” Drummond said. “I have to be able to step out and take a 15-foot jump shot.”

I enjoyed reading the article on Drummond. But a few corrections. Drummond did not get better during last season. Actually, his game declined somewhat on the offensive end as the season went on - because we simply did not use him enough. Contrast this to Monroe, who absolutely got better during his rookie season, from constant reps that come with extensive playing time.

Some would argue that Bynum was in there enough with Drummond to count that as having a pick and roll guy in with him. Not really. Our bench was horrid, and sure, we had that one play to go to - but that was it. Drummond was in with a very stale, non-working offense most of the season. We did get to see him, finally, paired with Monroe toward the end of the season. Not enough though to really make it work, and of course, we did not have much at small forward. We had traded Tay away already, so we had Singler starting at small forward and going down from there. As the writer says, Drummond will absolutely be in a great situation this upcoming season, as part of a dynamic multi - optioned offense.

And on his defense - Drummond was stealing the ball from guards right off the bat. Nothing he learned during the season.